Bede's World - The Museum of Early Medieval Northumbria at Jarrow. Looks at the life and times of the Venerable Bede (AD 673-735), one of the greatest scholars of the Early Middle Ages. Catholic Encyclopedia: The Venerable Bede - Benedictine monk, priest, historian, Doctor of the Church, d. 735. Bede the Venerable, Priest, Monk, Scholar - Short biography. With prayer in traditional and contemporary language. Saint Bede, Confessor, Doctor of the Church - From the book "Lives of Saints," published by John J. Crawley. Saint Bede, Confessor, Father of the Church - From Alban Butler's Lives of the Saints. The Venerable Bede (673-735) - Brief illustrated biography. Bede, The Venerable (673-735) - Brief profile notes the Venerable Bede's discoveries about the calendar. Bede the Venerable - Profile of the Father of English History. Illustrated.